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Global Engineering Capability Review 2025 (Second edition)

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The Global Engineering Capability Review 2025 is the second edition of a global study designed to strengthen the evidence base for improving engineering capacity and safety worldwide.

This report builds on the 2019 edition and introduces a new systems-based framework. The aim of the GECR is to better understand how engineering skills, institutions, policies and investments translate into safer, higher-quality infrastructure.

The GECR 2025 compares two key indices: the Engineering Capacity Index (2025) and the Safety and Quality Index (SQI) to identify where unsafe engineering poses the greatest risks now and in the future. 

Read the full report from Engineering X, a collaboration with the Royal Academy of Engineering, examining engineering capacity and capability across the globe.